The “Podcasting For …” project

January 17, 2017

With the publication of the second introduction to podcasting book, Podcasting for Journalism Students (for Kindle only) and with almost 20 podcasts produced already, I have decided to change the branding and expand from “Podcasting for Communities” to “The Podcasting For …” Project.

The original idea remains the same: anyone who wants to podcast can. The more they know about radio and audio production, the better their podcasts will be and these “Podcasting For …” books (Communities and Journalism Students) will help them on their way.

Podcasting for Journalism Students is aimed at people studying journalism, but not focused on broadcast media. This is an introduction. Broadcast journalism students will (probably) have covered most of this. It includes what I already teach in my class in Dublin for 3rd year BA journalism students.

Podcasting for Communities is aimed at any community organisation that wants to produce their own podcasts.

Together the blog, podcast and books form the basis of the project. More will be added.

The book is for young, trainee, or student journalists not specialising in broadcast media. It is an introduction to “making content”, podcasting and broadcasting whether you want to understand production on a professional level or simply because you want to create podcasts for fun or add something useful to your CV.

It is a result of experience teaching radio production to journalism BA students in Dublin. Most, but not all these pages are the module and support notes. The book is part of the “Podcasting For …” project which includes podcasts and the podcastingfor.com blog.

The first edition of “Podcasting for Communities” was published in September 2016. It forms the basis for this book but the name change is to make it clear that the expected audience and readership will be from community organisations. The “Podcasting For …” project includes the podcastingfor.com blog and podcast interviews with experienced radio and podcast professionals. Additional information related to this and other books in the “Podcasting For …” series is added regularly to the blog. You are encouraged to visit it and engage with the author and other readers. The book is mainly about producing audio content. It is also relevant to people producing programmes on local or community radio stations. Even if you are an individual who wants to learn and produce a solo podcast, or a couple or three friends who want to record a weekly discussion, the information here will be relevant and I hope useful to you. The emphasis is on producing audio podcasts – or as we usually call it … radio. If you are new to the concept of podcasts, or already have some radio production experience then this book is for you.